. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is the 10:00 news, on ktvu channel 2. from slick roadways to mudslides to flash flood warnings a heavy winter storm takes aim at the bay area and it's not over yet. evening i'm ken wayne. >> i'm heather holmes. it was certainly a day full of lots of rain for most of the bay area. this is the scene as one of owe crews drove across the richmond- san rafael bridge. the downpour and high winds making it dyst to see the roadway. >> it made for slick and dangerous driving conditions. our crews saw several accidents including in one in richmond, where an suv rolled over. >> as san rafael employees athis gym on 4th street spent

the date cleaning up after water flooded the business, overrunning the drainage system and sending water into the building. >> ktvu's patti lee and debora villone are out in the elements for us. >> we begin where meteorologist mark tamayo has new information on the flash flood warnings. >> the rain fall rates continue to be on the increase and as a result the weather service issuing that flash flood watch that begins at midnight. as far as rainfall totals those numbers really going up for parts of the bay area. look at santa rosa, napa and even san francisco .98", san josi on .02" and mount rain .04". so the activity in the valley locations here not really pick up too much. what is very impressive, the rainfall total over the past

two days, mount tam, 12" of rainfall and santa rosa the same deal. petaluma 2.8". a heads he up for the public that flash flooding is possible and that could be converted to a warning. right now on live stormtracker 2, the rainfall rates increasing in coverage and intensity. in the north bay, sant rose and healdsburg, rainfall rates really picking up towards windsor, .37" an hour. shifting to the south and more activity for san francisco and oakland. out towards berkeley and richmond, some more rain picking up in intensity. down towards parts of the east bay, around walnut creek and

san ramone. we have more activity approaching the bay area coastline. coming up we'll talk about the rainfall rates for your sunday and the updated forecast models that will track the heaviest cells. meantime or team coverage continues with debora villone at rohnert park. >> reporter: we're at rompert park expressway rohnert park because of standing water, low-laying areas are being submerged by steady, soaking rain. >> whenever it rains this is part that goes underwater first. >> reporter: so you have have been watching? >> we have, we have, knowing it was coming. >> reporter: rain and run-off have finally come with a vengeance and these

windsor residents are honoring a winter tradition, traipsing to the low spot to "play in the water." >> i have been waiting for this all year. i just like running back and forth down it. it's just fun. >> this is not nearly as high as it can get, but it's great to see -- once it's over the road we know we have got quite a bit. >> reporter: water for reservoirs, ranches, wells and rivers general plan it's awesome. we love it. it goes where it wants to go and it will go through here and actually make it out to the russian river. >> reporter: russian river at healdsburg sat 3' and will rise another 3' tomorrow. but flood stage is triple that. nowhere close. the storm has been strong enough to bring trees down, roots suddenly soggy, giving way. this one in forestville brought a power pole down with it plus some wires and a fence. this 40' landslide will make the road impassable for up to a month because it has to be rebuilt. a storm drain jammed with

debris from the dry spell apparencely caused the collapse. >> the california drought is over in 24 hours. >> if only that were true. >> we'll keep our fingers crossed. >> reporter: goods to kids who want to see the water go deeper. >> can you actually swim here. they come down in their bathing suits and can swim across it. >> reporter: we'll have to go back another day to see the swim party and another local ritual for those with four-wheel drives is barreling through the floodwaters. most drivers turned around at the road closure and went back. better to play it safe than be sorry. reporting live in rohnert park debora villone ktvu charles. patti is lee in san rafael where the strong winston cups where r-causing some problems. >> reporter: well that is right, the fallout

from the long-awaited rain is driven by strong would is and that is whether we're talking about the power outages caused by trees being blown into power lines or by cars losing on the roadways. on a ride along early this morning, chp officer mike randal zibbed what could only be called chaos on bay area freeways. >> right over here, from 980 on the 880 northbound all the way up to south of 7th street we have had five instances of solo spinouts. >> reporter: for officer randal wet roads are one part of the dangerous equation. >> even the wind can cause you to lose control of your vehicle. just a combination of the right time, over standing water, wind speed and the speed of your vehicle. >> reporter: today chp golden gate responded to more than 250 accidents during daytime accidents, 80 in alameda county, 60 in san josi, 30 had marin and so many in

contra costa it stopped counting when it hit 80. downed trees were wreaking havoc, 158,000 pge customers without power tonight. mike randal is telling drivers to stay below the speed limit during the stormy stint and be ready to see standing water in unexpected places. >> the fast lane has been building up most of the standing water, mostly because of the debris caused by the high winds. >> reporter: randal sees debris that has built up over the recent dry months now blocking drains in the roads, especially in areas of recent construction. >> this highway has been under construction and no fault to anyone, it's just in transition. >> reporter: now we have been talking to pge crews who have come in and out of this service sit all night and say even though the north

bay has been hit hardest there are about 375 customers with without power on the peninsula and more than 120 in the south bay and say none of this is going to end because the ground is now saturatated and until the winds die down they expect to say busy. patti lee ktvu channel 2 news. another look at how traffic is moving across the bay area. there are some trouble spots, but it seems like traffic is moving okay at this hour. >> the heavy downpours are causing concerns about mudslides on mount diablo in the area where the morgan fire burned last. >> september. >> we just have to watch it and have sandbags ready. >> if it rains like this for two or three days and the water comes, we'll have to take a look. >> that fire burned more than 3000 acres that are now bare of vegetation that would keep the

soil in place. they say so far the water is soaking into the water and not running offer the mountainside. >> contra costa firefighters are sending out the warnings about fast-moving water. flood control channels are pill ifing up fast with runop from the storms. firefighters are urging parents to urge their children to stay out the water. february of 2011 two walnut creek teenagers died while trying to raft down and flood channel. ktvu viewers keep a close eye on street flooding as well as rising creeks and they have been posting their photo on our facebook page. this is shows the copeland creek in rohnert park and says the water topped out two feet from the bottom of bainbridge. arturo bermudez shows us the scene in flooding at texas and washington streets this afternoon. and now i'm going to show you

another picture from emily and there is flooding that took place in her front yard in santa rosa. we would like to see your weather pictures. send them to photos@ktvu.com and post them to our facebook page or tweet temto@ktvu. there are some significant delays for flights coming into sfo, incoming and outgoing flights are behind half an hour to 45 minutes. many flights are stuck at other airports and they are running as much as three hours late. about 60 flights in all were canceled today. before going to the airport you are advised to check with your airline for the very latest information. >> in the sierra-nevada an intense day of rain and snow had drivers miserable and resorts celebrating. melting snow on interstate 80 created deep puddles making it hard to stop in some places. there was plenty of business for snowplows. >> snowplows. >> dorian ski ranch turned on

two lifts for the first time this season. chains are required tonight from kingvale in placer county to donner lake. it was the wind that stopped play for about two hours at the pebble beach pro- am acon the monterey peninsula. joe fonzi will have the tournament standings for us a little bit later in sport. this wet weather will continue all weekend. if you are not by a television you can get weather update with owe weather app and following us on facebook and twitter. a major announcement tonight marks a major victory for same-sex couples. it's really an important next step forward in our nation. >> the decision that changes the way the federal government recognizes gay marriage. sweating customers over resell. how one company is going after

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season has been pelting bay area since yesterday and continues to do so. ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo will return with a live update at 10:30 tonight. a at human rights conference u.s. attorney general eric holder announced a new federal policy for the treatment of same-sex married couple. >> on monday, i will issue a new policy memorandum that will for the first time in history formerly instruct all joist department employees to give laughl, same-sex marriages full and equal recognition to the greatest extent possible under the law. [ applause ]. >> attorney general holder called the strug struggle for gay marriage "the defining civil rights challenge of our time." the new policy applies regardless of where where the couple's home state recognizes their marriage. today's announcement expands federal rights october the heels of the supreme court decision that struck

down the defense of marriage act. >> a rainy day in san francisco's castro district may have been brightened from news from the federal government. >> they are going to recognize gay marriage had that way at the federal level, those aspects of it, it's about time and i'm happy to see it. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney general eric holder announced today that the federal government will ensure that same-sex marriages receive the same privileges, protections and rights of opposite sex marriages in any federal, legal proceeding. >> it's really important next step forward in our nation. >> reporter: state senate of san francisco mark leno applause the move. it will move that same-sex spouses cannot be compelled to testify against each other in court and will be allowed the same visitation rights in prison that straight couples have. >> anywhere that the federal government has some impact on married couples, this will take effect and benefit those couples irrespective of whether the state in which they live recognizes their marriages.

>> reporter: the plan will also allow benefits to the surviving same- sex spouses of public safety officers who die in the line of duty. >> it's about time. it's way overdue. >> i think it's the right move, especially since they cut down that one section of doma. >> reporter: it comes on heels of the supreme court ruling against the defense of marriage act and this married couple says it's encouraging for married gay friends outside of california. >> they live in virginia, for example, where gay marriage is outlawed specifically and this will provide a protection from the federal government for their relationship in the way that they didn't have before. it's very important. >> reporter: attorney general holder plans to put out the memo on monday ordering the rest of the criminal justice system to institute these changes. john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. more details, tony perkins president of the conservative family research council issue a state sharply critical of the decision. perkins said, "news that the

justice department will extend sweeping recognition to marriages of same-sex couples is yet another illustration of the lawlessness of this administration." california's health insurance exchange pulled it's on-line dr. directory, reporting that on-line list had errors about what doctors accept particular plans. patients have complained that doctors refused to accept their insurance. covered california had to revise the same list last fall as well. meantime the state is hiring more workers to handled applicant calls as the open enrollment period is set to expire in late march. senate democrats are expressing concerns about the safety of the country's power grid following recent attacks at several plants. as two investigators this week you one attack which was caught on surveillance video occurred at a substation south of san josi last april. a california congressman called that attack "unprecedented and sophisticated." senate democrats including senate dianne feinstein are sending a letter to the federal energy

regulatory commission asking if stronger standards are needed to protect the grid? today a high school coach shared memories the uc berkeley player ted agu, who died yesterday during a training practice. an autopsy will determine his death. he attended high school in bakersfield where his former coach says everyone knew he was destinedtor big he and better things. >> i had gone to see him in the spring to see how he doing and he was real excited about cal. he was just stand by that you would love your kids to grow up to like. >> friends say agu planned to attend medical school after attending cal. the coach says funeral plans are still being man made. a man was killed on highway 101. the chp says it happened in the southbound lanes after 11:00 last night. the driver who hit the man stopped at the scene. the victim's identity has not yet been released.

investigators say they don't know what he was doing there on the highway. concerned residents in san josi took part in the mayor's annual gang prevention summit. a few hundred attended the event at the high school. an advisory to mayor chuck reed says the problems start when unhappy young teens get recruited by gangs. >> the kids get that attention and they gravitate towards it and nest thing you know, if they are wrong they are talked into doing the crime and once they are in the juvenile justice system, it's hard to get out of it. >> the summit featured young singers as well as several workshops. according to one presentation ten of 45 homicides last year were gang-related and more than 6500 people are official members of gangs. federal officials are requiring a petaluma company to recall millions of pounds of

beef product. rancho feeding corporation processed diseased and unsound animals without federal inspection. including wholesale beef carcasses, but retail items, such as oxtail, sweetbreads and veal. this follows a smaller recall by the same company in january. for more details on recall, going to hot topics at comcast zom. the company that says clothing it says designed for "sweaty pursuits" is sweating over customers who resell their prots on ebay. according to business insiders, several lululemon customers say they were blocked after attempting to sell items on ebay. the company states, "they don't support the resale of new products especially at a higher price than originally resold. >> ivan the terrible colorado mother is calling her son a here, after he saved her after she was pinned by a minivan

they were heading out for a snowboarding lesson, but forget her sun grasses. she jumped out, but forget to put it in park. she found herself pinned against wall in the garage and that is when young codia jumped into action. >> i was out of my seat, jumping saying to hit the brake, but i didn't know which one that is. i push one of them, and then the car went forward. and immediately i pushed the other. >> howe is recuperating and cody says she was just glad to help out his mom. yahoo! and yelp teaming up and the new search-and-rescue. what was burning that had fire officials concerned? . and uproar over some trendy pants and the action one principal took and why students and port-au-prince say it's

sending the wrong message. >> tracking increasing rainfall on live stormtracker 2, coming up in 7 minutes an update on the local weather another system showing up in the five-day forecast.

take a look at this massive black cloud smoke covered a large swath of sky above savanna georgia. savannah, georgia. the fire break out inside the 226,000 square foot warehouse, all happened around 11 dps 30 this morning. it was under control about five hours later. at this hour firefighters remain on the scene douglas hotspots the that rubber was imported from indonesia to make tires. hollywood director woody

allen says his ophe had piece in the paper will be his last word. dylan farrow accused him of sexually assaulting her when she was. allen says dylan was coached into accusing him of the abuse by her mother mia farrow. dylan farrow responded that they wouldn't let the truth be buried. a ban on leggings is causing an uproar. the principal of rookville high school sent students home for violating the dress code that bans leggings or yoga pants. some teachers in the school in suburban boston expressed concern. many girls say they feel they are being targeted unfairly. >> we're not trying to be trying to be sexy or get boys

attention, but wearing them to be comfortable. >> some parents agree anding there are more important things to focus on than what the students are wearing. storm watch coverage continues and checking in with meteorologist mark tamayo was rain continues to fall in parts of bay area. the girl scouts get high- tech, the new feature you will find on the box of thin mints this year.

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. turning now to storm watch as we mentioned at top of the news catch a flash flood watch will go into effect starting at midnight. it's been raining throughout the bay area since yesterday, but today's heaviest rain was concentrated in the north bay. >> this storm is not over yet

our team coverage continues with debora villone live in sonoma county. >> an update on the current weather conditions with meteorologist mark tamayo. >> the rainfall rate and coverage increasing over the past hour or so. in fact, that cloud mass just offshore basically being directed onto the bay area. a lot of moisture to work with and we already know the forecast more moderate to heavy rain. a closer inspection of live stormtracker two. the yellow and reds link up to heavier downpours. around santa rosa and the windsor area and pioneer road. montgomery drive some heavier downpours. moving the mapping maps out to the central portion, heavier rain out towards berkeley. rainfall estimates at berkeley last check over .5 inch an hour. that is what is hitting the payment this 10:00 hour.

a completely different story, rain showers developing near the san mateo coastline and the fremont area. san josi, a lots of cloud cover, but all of that activity to the north will be shifting to the south. and we'll be using this forecast model -- you can see the progression right now -- that flash flood watch begins up in the north bay at midnight. coming up we'll take a look at that forecast model hour-by- hour for your sunday and the slight chance of showers and the five-day forecast. thank you, mark. we want to check in with ktvu's debora villone. >> joining us from sonoma county where the flash flood watch is about to go into effect and talks to residents who say the heavy rain copyright come soon enough. >> it's cold and wet, but everyone we talked to is so happy to see it because of the drought. and tonight, i checked in the emergency dispatchers and say other than sporadic street flooding they have no major problems. let me show you what we found north of here in windsor.

completely overflowing with water. it's creek run-off heading for the russian river. it's a couple of feet deep in some places. so the road is closed as a precaution, but for the locals with four-wheel drives that was just an innovation to plow through some floodwaters and kids were having a field day stomping around in. it for rural residents this steady soaking rain is good for the drought and go for them personally. >> oh, yes, we're on a well and without water, the water table doesn't get filled. so then we're without come july and august. so it's a big concern for us. >> reporter: makes the water sound even better. >>absolutely. >> reporter: the worst damage so far in sonoma county this 40' landslide of guerneville.

so tomorrow of course everyone bracing for more. the expectation of more overflow and potentially more road closures, but in all of the hours that we have been up here this afternoon and evening, the rain has been light at time and heavy at times, but never stopped once. reporting in rohnert park, debora villalon. >> on ktvu.com you will find all the video from today's storm. >> a woman thrwarted a would- be home invasion. the marin county sheriff says that the woman was at home with her children last night when her home alarm sound. thinking it might have been set off by the wind she went downstairs and she came face-to- face with a burglar who smashed a glass door the burglar ranoff and sheriff's deputies conducted a search, but the burglar got away. police sources tell ktvu news this a 77-year-old woman was tied up and left to die inside her oakland home after

an apparent home-invasion robbery. there an autopsy will determine the exact cause of death of suzan fong. she was pronounced dead in her home on 34th avenue. a male relative inside was not hurt. so far police have not released a description of the intruder. this all comes just a week and a half after an 81-year-old woman was shot and wounded during a home-invasion robbery in oakland's dimond neighborhood. google is now the second most valuable american company, according obloomberg they are worth a billion more than exxonmobil. apple the most valuable american company and microsoft is no. 4. google is the world's largest online advertiser, easily beating facebook for ad revenue. the wallet journey is reporting that yahoo! is teaming up with yep. the partnership will deliver reviews on local searches. anewsom search toward the

journal that the ceo marissa mayer announced it yesterday. underneath company has commented. microsoft and apple have similar arrange thes with yelp. >> bay area girl scouts are ready to knock on your door and get your cookie order. last year girls here sold more than 4 million boxes. thin mints remain the most popular cookies. they help the girls raise money for camping, but also earns by experience. >> if they learn how to set goals through selling cookies she is not going to wait for the night before to say oops i have a science project. >> the scouts showed off this quick response code that was made of real cookies. now once you scan the code it links you to the scout's on- line locator for stores and door-to-door sell. >> getting a jump on baseball season. the oakland a's and their fans

celebrate. how this year's annual fanfest hit a home run? and ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo is coming up next and will break down the timing of tomorrow's rain and when we can expect a second storm? [ male announcer ] start engine.

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the golden gate bridge. live stormtracker 2, first that flash flood watch that was issued earlier today. it's going to kick in at midnight and that is in place until 3:00 tomorrow afternoon for the north bay. already reds and yellows for santa rosa and out towards west college avenue and pioneer road and montgomery drive. to the south and more activity developing offshore near the golden gate breath and around san francisco towards the marina district. heavier downpours towards berkeley and university avenue as well. as we move the maps to the south, rain showers out to the santa cruz mountains. san josi not picking up much in the way of rainfall, but that will be changing tomorrow. we have been advertising this wet weather pattern and the heavy rain in the north bay -- that was the headline. more rain for your sunday. in terms of the activity for tomorrow, the forecast as you can see, there is that system

just offshore. rainfall spreads south for tomorrow. heaviest will be up in the north bay. that is where they have the flash flood watch and more sierra snow expected. as far as the sierra sugar bowl, looking out towards basically mid to late- afternoon, all of the snowfall accumulating except the rainfall rates have been -- the snow levels have been going up a bit, up above 6500-7,000'. here is that moisture stream developing over north california extending out towards hawai'i. as you can see, this activity begins to move out to the south tomorrow. for tonight in the more rainfall gradually moving over san josi tomorrow. at 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, san francisco, oakland towards santa rosa, napa and fairfield, moderate to heavy rainfall and

that increasing by mid- afternoon especially in the south -- south of san francisco, towards fremont and san josi. livermore scattered showers. by 8:00, clouds and showers. rainfall forecast, 2-3" in the north bay, especially for the coastal hills. those amounts begin to taper off except for the santa cruz mountains withment as near 2". tomorrow, upper 50s to lower 60s. a look ahead at your five-day forecast with the weekend always in view. increasing clouds on tuesday and latest forecast models backing off on shower chances by wednesday. rosemary will have the updates first thing tomorrow morning at 6:00. >> thank you mark. thousand of oakland a fans got a jump on the baseball seasonn at this year's fanfest. nearly 0,000

20,000 fans attended and current and past members signed baseballs and caps. this year the soldout event was held at oracle arena as well as inside the coliseum. >> coming up next a windy third round greets golfers and celebs at pebble beach. sportswrap with joe fonzi is next.

. good evening everyone and welcome to this saturday night edition of sportswrap. for the second game in a row

the warriors had to play without bogut and lee, but today in phoenix they couldn't overcome their absences. warrior fans can be found in the valley of the sun, sometimes. the warriors predictively outrebounded chaner frye's, but plumlee follows. the warriors stuck around by turning 18 turnovers into 20 points and a grift for crawford who totaled 10 off bench. and steph curry with a pretty move for two of his 28. warriors trailed by 4 at halftime. that one certainly worth another look. an impressive night from harrison barnesese. this shot made it a 2-point game with 8:30 left to play.

meanwhile the warriors went cold scoring just 19 points in the 4th quarter. the suns put 122 on golden state, winning 122-109 and leapfrog the warriors in west by half a game. it's been sometime since the tourm has been called the crosby, but the folks this weekend at the at&t pebble beach pro-am got a good dose of crosby weather. saturday, the big celebrity day and patriot's quarterback tom brady with the eagle putt. it was a blustery day and the conditions so severe at one point officials were trying to water the greens to slow them down. they ultimately suspended play for two hours. winds wasn't as bad at spyglass hill or peninsula country club. wayne gretzky is in